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A wonderful afternoon with lively music expertly played by the 31 piece orchestra & conducted by
Musical Director James Rushman to celebrate the New Year.

With an Earth, Wind and Fire theme, the audience were treated to music by Strauss (Voices of Spring,
Radetzky March, Roses from the South, Thunder and Lightning Polka, Champagne Polka, The Blue Danube), Holst (Mars from the Planets), Prokofiev (Troika), Falla (Ritual Fire Dance), Stein (Tara’s
Theme), MacCunn (Land of Mountain, Sea and Flood), Steiner (Theme from A Summer Place), Kosma (Autumn Leaves) and Addison (Reach for the Sky), interspersed with narration, a poem read beautifully by
Chris Allen and of course, audience participation!

Attended by the Mayor of Littlehampton and his Consort, this concert supported his charities (Littlehampton
Heritage Railway Association and The Friends of Mewsbrook Park).

The orchestra's next performance will be on 30th March when they will be joined by the choir for a Good Friday performance of The Armed
Man by Karl Jenkins.

Fascinating Facts

Fact 1 - During the year to July 2016, the choir raised
£6,374.79 for charities and good causes:-

St James Church, Littlehampton

United Church, Littlehampton

RNLI

St Barnabus Hospice

Chestnut Tree House Childrens' Hospic

Littlehampton Musical Comedy Society

Littlehampton Carnival

Help for Heroes

Bloodwise

Ferring Country Centre

Crossroads Care

Royal British Legion

Dolphins Swimming Club

NSPCC

MacMillan Nurses

The total raised over the last 19 years is
£136,000!

Fact 2 - The
choir has its roots in the church so is often perceived as a church choir but it is very much a community choir.

We are a
not-for-profit performing arts charitable organisation serving the Littlehampton and surrounding areas. Being a community choir:-

there are no auditions although the Musical Director will want to assess your voice.

the choir is not affiliated to any particular idea, culture or organisation (e.g. church or other faith group, particular style
of music).

no prior musical knowledge is required (e.g. the ability to read music).

People are not excluded on the basis of age, race, gender,disability, sexual orientation etc.

we are a group of people singing together, united by our love of music, which has created a strong sense of
community.

we have an organising committee which represents the views of the choir as a whole, and who also help to run social events for
the choir.

Fact 3 - For 2017, we are proud to have 78 Patrons, 2 Life
Members and 1 Honorary Life Patron.

Last updated : 17th February 2018

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We would like to wish all our readers a happy and healthy New Year. Thank you for your support in 2017. Look out for some special concerts in 2018 to celebrate
our 20th year!